MIT Short Response Word Length

rishyrish
Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:14:57 +0000

Hello everyone! Just a worried undergraduate applicant here with a question that hopefully someone can answer. My response for the last question (Major Challenge-How I overcame it) is 298 words. I know it’s about 48 words over the suggested limit and it’s approximately 20 words over the message that says I’ve surpassed the limit. However I save it anyways and I see that it looks perfectly fine in the pdf preview. Even if I do edit it, I doubt I might be able to edit much, I really poured out my emotions into this response and my heart cringes for every word I erase. I want to know if it would hurt me if I decided to submit the 298 word response.

TL;DR: Will my application be hurt if I submit a 298 word response and if I do need to erase a bit, what length should I keep it under?